In 2013, the sector of Culture, Sports and Tourism Danang continues to invest in making tourism a key economic sector, promote open more international routes (Thailand, Hong Kong, etc.), focus environmental building tourist attractions.
Only in the Lunar New Year, the number of tourists to visit, tourist city of over 150,000 passengers (up 13% yoy), of which, domestic tourists reached 100,000, over 50,000 international respectively, an increase of 20.4% over the same period.
Of which, the sea rose 17.2% over the same period last year. Air with 41 flight take international 5160 visitors to Da Nang, up 26% compared to the same period last year.
On this occasion, in addition to the three regular flights as Singapore-Danang, Kuala Lumpur-Danang, Incheon-Da Nang, there are eight charter flights has contributed to attracting a significant number of international visitors to the city … open a promising year for tourism in Da Nang.
In order to exploit the tourism potential, Da Nang in 2013 to focus some of the key tasks such as upgrading and development of tourism products by forming featured products, with high quality; promote complete approved projects, especially large projects motivate thriving tourism development as eco-tourist Ba Na-Suoi Mo; Marble Park of Culture; focused on improving level of activities at the Museum of Cham Sculpture, Danang Museum.
City maintained organize traditional art show at the Minister Nguyen Show Theatre; tourism human resource training, procurement of goods and services souvenirs, entertainment on Spratleys-route Sa to create uninterrupted chain services to attract visitors …
In particular, the city organized events such as the international fireworks competition in 2013, the International Stone Sculpture Camp 2013, the International Marathon Competition, Tours “Danang rendezvous summer” … enhanced image promotion of Da Nang tourism promotion and open new international routes from key markets to Danang to attract.
Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism regularly organizes training “friendly smile,” to improve sales skills, greet, communicate with foreign guests for an audience of small business in the Korean market, Puppies, vendors at the beach tourism, taxi cabs staff …
Collaboration with the organizers of this training for customs officers, border police and support in their work to visitors satisfied, impressed since arriving Danang. Organization offers free tourist information kiosks, tourist information desk (at Danang International Airport), to look up information in tourist hotels, resorts, folding, map, tourist publications, and has a layout ship tourism information, tourism ambassador team.
In addition, visitors Assistance Center has been put into operation will be the place to resolve, support, handling situations for travelers … All tourism businesses, people support, particularly visitors noted, appreciate the friendliness and hospitality of Da Nang and every visitor will be a “propagandist” for the city’s tourism.
With a series of cultural events, sports and tourism will be held in 2013, with activities to attract tourists, Da Nang will continue to be an attractive destination of local and foreign tourists to visit and stay.
In 2013, the industry set a target to attract 3 million tourists, an increase of 12.8% compared with 2012; including 700,000 foreign visitors, up 10.9 percent and 2.3 million domestic passengers sites, an increase of 13.3%.
Accordingly, the total tourism income is expected to reach 6.500 billion, up 8.3% compared with 2012. /.